New York magazine noted: \”Multiple sources say that Ailes was angry at Rove’s election-night tantrum when he disputed the network’s call for Obama,\” the report said. Rove said that night that Ohio was still in play, and the election was therefore still up for grabs. Obama eventually won with 51% of the popular vote and a 332-206 margin in the electoral vote.

As for Morris, the New York article went on, his \”Romney boosterism and reality-denying predictions became a punch line.\” Morris had forecast a landslide victory for Romney.

Joe Gandelman at The Moderate Voice blog said Wednesday that Ailes\’ move is an attempt to resolve a credibility problem for Fox News, as Rove and Morris were seen as \”an important part of an echo chamber that seriously misled its viewers and, most likely, Team Romney as well.\”

Fox News is owned by News Corp.
, which is also the parent company of MarketWatch, the publisher of this blog.

A spokesperson for Fox declined comment beyond the confirmation to New York that new booking rules for producers require special permission before booking Rove or Morris.

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